talat can record both remote calls and in-person conversations. There are three ways to start a recording: auto-detection, manually from the app, or a global hotkey. Auto-detection only applies to remote calls. For an in-person conversation, you start the recording yourself.

## Auto-detection

talat watches for conferencing apps using your microphone. The behaviour is controlled by _Settings → Recordings_:

- **When any conferencing app uses the mic.** Records automatically whenever a known conferencing app starts using the mic.
- **Only for selected apps.** As above, but limited to apps you’ve ticked.
- **Ask me first.** Shows a notification, and only records if you confirm.
- **Never (manual only).** Auto-detection stays off, and you start recordings yourself.

talat recognises Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Discord, FaceTime, and calls held in your browser, so Google Meet and other web-based services are detected too. If your conferencing app isn’t picked up, [get in touch](/content/help/index.html) and we’ll add it.

## Manual recording

You can start a recording manually from the main window, or from the talat icon in the menu bar (Mac) or system tray (Windows). This works regardless of your auto-detection setting, and it’s how you capture in-person conversations.

Because talat runs entirely on-device, you can turn your Wi-Fi off for the duration of an in-person conversation if you want to.

## Global hotkey

A global hotkey can be configured in _Settings → Shortcuts_ to toggle recording from anywhere.